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as in impression
a perceptible trace left by pressure one telltale sign that I had been napping was the print left by the chenille bedspread on my cheek

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as in photo
a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera we now get our prints developed online

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verb

as in to publish
to produce and release for distribution in printed form the newspaper's motto remains "All the News That's Fit to Print"

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Recent Examples of print
Noun
The looks were layered with jackets in leather, brocade and animal print. CNN Money, 27 Sep. 2025 Animal print is a neutral, and Bieber is on board. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
Later amendments were printed rather than handwritten. New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025 Boltaev’s photographs were printed onto ceramic tiles and placed on brick walls so that pictures were not only seen but touched. Dada Jovanovic, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for print
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Noun
  • Sometimes, the impression is given that Israel thinks everyone hates them so why care about winning over hearts and minds?
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Still, Netflix’s voluminous library seems to leave the impression among viewers like Lerner that such decisions are handed down flippantly.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Investigators believe the suspect also deliberately set fire to the church, which appeared engulfed in flames in photos and videos shared on social media.
    Joe Hernandez, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
  • An editor verified the accuracy of the information before publishing.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the leader whose imprint set the DNA for Intel’s corporate culture, and that of early Silicon Valley writ large, was Andy Grove, one of the company’s first employees, who became Intel’s third CEO in 1987 and oversaw stunning growth at the company.
    Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Published by Random House Worlds, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Entitled Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, the statute bars both photographs and broadcasting from the courtroom of a federal criminal trial.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Fingerprint matrix Ordinary imaging methods, whether photographs, sonar, or ultrasound scans, rely on sending a wave toward an object and analyzing the portion that bounces back.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Nor did the Stryker impress in its Iraq War debut.
    Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • All Emmitt Finnie has done is impress at every Red Wings prospect event since he was drafted.
    Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That’s not exactly a surprise, considering Johnson’s latest outing is a specialty pic from A24, versus the sort of wide-appeal action movie The Rock is best known for.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In the new series of photos, which show a fit-looking Cavill’s left leg in a brace below the knee, the actor is seen working out at the gym – definitely a leg day – and, in one pic, having his ankle taped and with what could be muscle stimulators attached to his calf.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Under the measures announced by Lightbound, who cited the evolving reliance on postal services, Canada Post would also be able to raise the price of stamps more frequently.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Soon, most of your European passport stamps will be a relic of the past.
    Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025

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